Google Inc. on Wednesday plans to offer free, high-speed Internet access to everyone in its Silicon Valley home town a hospitable gesture that the online search leader hopes to see spread to other parts of the country.The new wireless, or "Wi-Fi," network, is believed to establish Mountain View, Calif., as the largest U.S. city with totally free Internet access available throughout the entire community, according to both Google and city officials.
St. Cloud, Fla., a suburb of Orlando with a population of about 28,000, had claimed that mantle earlier this year after it launched a free Wi-Fi network.
About 72,000 people reside in Mountain View, an 11.5-square-mile city located about 35 miles south of San Francisco. As the home to major companies like Google and VeriSign Inc., Mountain View's daytime population can swell above 100,000.
"We aren't concerned about being able to handle the load," said Chris Sacca, a Google executive who oversaw the Mountain View project. "We think we have built a pretty cool, robust network."
Similar Wi-Fi networks are under development in many other cities, including Philadelphia and Chicago, but most of those envision charging for Internet access.
2 comments:
hey lets all move there...
ok, on a serious note here..what extra do i have to have for my computer to get fast speed what ever..*i have dial up*..??? i thought that just having a computer was all i needed..evidently not...
I could never go back to dial up , it' soooo slow !
Apart from that I pay less per month now on broadband , than I did 2 years ago on dial-up. you can even watch video's or listen to music , whereas when I was on dial up if I downloaded anything I would go out for the day rather than sit & wait :)
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